In contrast to the United States and European countries, China has witnessed a widening gender pay gap in the past two decades. Nevertheless, the size of the gender pay gap could still be underestimated as a result of not accounting for the low-wage women who have dropped out of the labor force....

Using the urban household survey data collected by the National Bureau of Statistics of China from 1988 to 2009, this study examines the distribution, composition, and changes in capital income and its contribution to income inequality. The data shows that capital income has increased...

Using 1987, 1996, and 2004 data, we show that the gender earnings differential in the Chinese urban labor market has increased across the earnings distribution, and the increase was greater at the lower quantiles. We interpret this as evidence of the stronger "sticky floor" effect. We use the...